JLG was implicit in the (precipitous) decline of Apple after Jobs was fired, but because there was a serious power vacuum. Sculley did not step up and lead the

JLG was implicit in the (precipitous) decline of Apple after Jobs was fired, but because there was a serious power vacuum. Sculley did not step up and lead the company, and the senior management fragmented, each trying to point the company in a different direction. JLG eventually was also forced out and went and started Be. It looks like Tim Cook isn't repeating that mistake - he forced out Scott Forstall to remove a potential challenger (or loose cannon, depending on who you ask). I see the current blandness by Apple as both a consequence of that (necessary, IMO) action, as well as having a missing visionary.